Kiyokata Takigawa

Kiyokata Takigawa (1508-) was a metsuke of the Oda clan.

Biography
Kiyokata Takigawa was born in Okazaki Castle of Mikawa Province in present-day Japan to a family adhering to the Tokugawa clan. In 1545, however, he was recruited as a metsuke of the Oda clan under daimyo Nobuhide Oda and was sent to become the administrator of Owari Province while there was no governor. Takigawa was also a leader of the army sent to fight the Saito clan in the Battle of Mino Fields.